Strong's H178 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אוֹב (ʼôwb)

Pronunciation: obe

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: from the same as אָב (ʼâb) H1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name)

Definition: properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)

KJV Renderings: bottle, familiar spirit

Senses

1. water skin bottle
2. necromancer
   1. necromancer, one who evokes the dead
   2. ghost, spirit of a dead one
   3. practice of necromancy
3. one that has a familiar spirit

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